Eco-Friendly Polymers as Future Wastewater Decontamination Alternative
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 309
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Oxide Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 1–7 Gh. Polizu, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: environmental bioremediation; ion exchange equilibrium; experimental model; modified maize stalk; biomass; biopolymers; biodegradation; green adsorbents; biopolymers for water remediation; biorecovery; biotechnology; bioproducts; sustainable technologies; cellulose; hemicelulose; lignin
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Interests: liquid chromatography; LC-MS; validation; analytical method development; mass spectrometry; pharmaceutical analysis; bioanalytical method development; drug analysis; reverse-phase chromatography; pesticide analysis; chromatographic method development; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; extraction; adsorption
Interests: bacteria; molecular markers; biological patterns; sustainability; environment
Interests: microbiology; molecular biology; biotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wastewater is a highly complex environmental matrix containing a wide range of inorganic and organic pollutants like free or chelated metal ions, pesticides, industrial compounds, pharmaceuticals, other emergent contaminats (perfluoro compounds also known as “forever chemicals”, plastic additives like bisphenols), and many more. Wastewater treatment efficiency of eco-friendly polymers efficiency can be also improved by introducing different metal ions in the organic backbone of the polymer. The performance of eco-friendly polymers may be reduced in practical applications due to the lack of standardized technologies which reflect complexity of the polluted matrices. Eco-friendly polymers are green substitutes for conventional adsorbents, being also renewable. In view of these aspects, their sustainability in wastewater treatment technologies must be taken into consideration. In this sense, for the introduction of biopolymers into the biomass-based adsorbents market, special attention must be given to the implementation technologies. For this purpose, sustainable eco-friendly polymers must have superior characteristics, starting from selectivity and durability, accessible cost and also high adsorption capacity for organic and inorganic pollutants. This special issue aims to collect research studies in which eco-friendly polymers are used in wastewater treatment, highlighting the opportunities of their use in current research.
Dr. Nicoleta Mirela Marin
Dr. Toma Galaon
Dr. Luoana Florentina Pascu
Dr. Mihai Nita-Lazar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural polymers
- adsorption
- ion-exchange
- heavy metals
- organic pollutants
- dyes
- pharmaceutical
- stalk
- wastewater treatment
- sustainable alternative
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